State profile · Below median Poor share

New Jersey bridge safety

According to the Federal Highway Administration's 2024 National Bridge Inventory, condition ratings, load ratings, and Poor-condition shares for every public highway bridge in New Jersey.

6,827
Public bridges
25.4%
Good condition
6.0%
Poor condition

New Jersey holds 6,827 public highway bridges (#32 of 52 by inventory) with a 6.01% Poor share (#27 of 52 by Poor share).

That is 6.0% of the state's inventory, against an average of 7.5% across the 54 states and territories with Poor-rated bridges on file, which places it 26 of 54 ordered from the lowest Poor share upward. A bridge is rated Poor when its weakest applicable component scores 4 or below on the inspecting agency's 0-9 scale, so the category is a maintenance and funding signal rather than a closure order or a live crossing-safety verdict.

Inventory: FHWA NBI 2024 · last ETL August 2026

Total Bridges

6,827

Public highway bridges in New Jersey

Good Condition

25.4%

1,731 bridges rated 7-9

-24.6pp vs 50% benchmark

Poor Condition

6.0%

410 bridges whose lowest applicable component is rated 0-4

-1.5pp vs national avg 7.5%

New Jersey vs national bridge condition

New Jersey - Good condition share 25.4%
National avg

Share of bridges rated 7-9 on the FHWA 0-9 scale (deck, superstructure, substructure all good).

New Jersey - Poor-condition share 20.0%
National avg

Lower is better. Bar maxes at 30% (worst-state ceiling). National average sits at 7.5%.

New Jersey in the national condition pattern

Each point is a state or territory in the FHWA NBI; the highlighted point is this profile.

Inventory size and Poor-condition share are different measures: New Jersey has 6,827 bridges and a 6.0% Poor-condition share in the 2024 NBI, rank #26 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The dashed comparisons mark the national average state rate and the midpoint of the plotted inventory range; neither is a live safety or closure threshold. Scatter plot of 54 data points. 0%10%20%30%40% 0k20k40k60k Public bridges in inventory (thousands) Poor-condition share (%) NJ, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 6.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.01%AL, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 16.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 3.35%AK, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 1.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.89%AZ, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.15%AR, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 13k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.43%CA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 25.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.91%CO, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 9k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.82%CT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.72%DE, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.26%DC, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.95%FL, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 13k · Poor-condition share (%): 2.79%GA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 15.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.59%GU, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0k · Poor-condition share (%): 12.77%HI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 1.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.53%ID, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.9%IL, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 26.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 9.35%IN, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 19.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.22%IA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 23.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 19.16%KS, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 24.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.26%KY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 14.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.37%LA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 12.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 11.48%ME, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 15.41%MD, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.56%MA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 8.88%MI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 11.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 11.27%MN, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 13.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.44%MS, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 16.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.03%MO, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 24.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 8.95%MT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.81%NE, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 15.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.9%NV, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.14%NH, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.51%NM, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.51%NY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 17.6k · Poor-condition share (%): 9.43%NC, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 19.2k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.76%ND, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 4.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 10.98%OH, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 26.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.74%OK, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 22.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 7.7%OR, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.61%PA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 23.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 12.58%PR, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 13.92%RI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0.8k · Poor-condition share (%): 15.2%SC, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 9.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.17%SD, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 5.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 16.36%TN, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 20.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 4.41%TX, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 56.7k · Poor-condition share (%): 1.23%UT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 3.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 2.91%VT, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 2.9k · Poor-condition share (%): 2.9%VI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 0k · Poor-condition share (%): 29.17%VA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 14.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 3.39%WA, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 8.5k · Poor-condition share (%): 5.45%WV, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 7.3k · Poor-condition share (%): 18.64%WI, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 14.4k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.52%WY, Public bridges in inventory (thousands): 3.1k · Poor-condition share (%): 6.51%
Inventory size and Poor-condition share are different measures: New Jersey has 6,827 bridges and a 6.0% Poor-condition share in the 2024 NBI, rank #26 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The dashed comparisons mark the national average state rate and the midpoint of the plotted inventory range; neither is a live safety or closure threshold.

New Jersey vs all states by public bridge inventory

Where this state's FHWA NBI public-highway bridge count sits among every state and territory on PlainBridges

6,827 32nd of 54 higher than 22 of 54 states

States and territories, banded by public bridge inventory size

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source FHWA National Bridge Inventory · 2024

Read the rank neighborhood for New Jersey

The highlighted point is New Jersey: 6,827 bridges and 6.01% in Poor condition, rank #26 of 54 jurisdictions ordered from the lowest share upward. The five jurisdictions immediately above and below New Jersey on that same Poor-share ordering:

  • Washington: 8,474 bridges · 5.45% Poor
  • California: 25,848 bridges · 5.91% Poor
  • New Jersey: 6,827 bridges · 6.01% Poor
  • Mississippi: 16,739 bridges · 6.03% Poor
  • South Carolina: 9,490 bridges · 6.17% Poor

The full national sortable table lives on the rankings page.

Material families in New Jersey

Exclusive FHWA material families across all 6,827 bridges in this state; continuous variants fold into the parent family. Orthogonal to the Poor-share scatter above.

Who maintains New Jersey’s inventory

State agency holds 54.9% of the 6,827 public highway bridges filed under New Jersey in the 2024 NBI, the agency-of-record split for this state, not a condition verdict.

When New Jersey’s bridges were built

Pre-1950 construction accounts for 23.7% of the 6,827 bridges with a recorded original year in New Jersey. Era bands are orthogonal to the Poor-share ranking above.

Condition Distribution

New Jersey25.4%68.6%GoodFairPoor
Bridge inventory deck-condition mix - New Jersey (FHWA NBI)

Counties (21)

Atlantic 207 Bergen 577 Burlington 356 Camden 261 Cape May 74 Cumberland 103 Essex 505 Gloucester 243 Hudson 202 Hunterdon 373 Mercer 414 Middlesex 563 Monmouth 505 Morris 508 Ocean 241 Passaic 333 Salem 114 Somerset 397 Sussex 174 Union 409 Warren 268

New Jersey vs nearby ranks

Adjacent states by Poor-condition share (lower share = better)

States are ranked by the share of bridges whose lowest applicable component rating is 4 or below. This describes recorded condition; it does not measure funding effectiveness or live crossing safety. States here sit immediately above and below New Jersey on the same metric.

WA

Washington

5.45% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$8,474

CA

California

5.91% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$25,848
Selected

NJ

New Jersey

6.01% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$6,827

MS

Mississippi

6.03% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$16,739

SC

South Carolina

6.17% top marginal rate
Structure
Progressive
Burden @ $100K
$9,490

Bridges Needing Most Attention in New Jersey

Six lowest-condition bridges in New Jersey, ranked by the portal's composite display score. Inspection intervals are risk-based under current NBIS rules.

W FOREST AVE(CR64)

Poor

Over: OVERPECK CREEK

0.48 MI W OF GRAND AVENUE, Bergen, NJ

Built 1954 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 7,523

GEOTOWN-CFIELDRD

Poor

Over: BLACKS CREEK

0.39MI S.OF JCT.CO.RT.528, Burlington, NJ

Built 1928 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 4,620

BROWNING RD(CO659)

Poor

Over: I-295

AT I-76 INTERCHANGE, Camden, NJ

Built 1957 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 3,789

RYMON ROAD

Poor

Over: MUSCONETCONG RIVER

0.1 MILE NO OF CR 645 JCT, Warren, NJ

Built 1868 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 410

MAIN STREET

Poor

Over: FLAT BROOK

OFF OF NPS ROAD 615 (WALP, Sussex, NJ

Built 1889 Load: 0.0 t ADT: 302

Demarest Ave

Poor

Over: E. Tib. Overpeck Creek

0.08 Mi W. of N. Dean St, Bergen, NJ

Built 1902 Load: 2.7 t ADT: 7,330

All Bridges in New Jersey

I-280

Fair

Over: BERGEN STREET

0.6 MI. EAST OF PASSAIC R, Hudson, NJ

Built 1980 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 80,841

RIVER ROAD

Fair

Over: BUSHKILL BROOK

70 FT NO PENNA AVE EXT, Hunterdon, NJ

Built 1988 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 4,852

JAVES ROAD

Fair

Over: HAKIHOKAKE CREEK

TWO MILES SOUTH OF CR 614, Hunterdon, NJ

Built 1900 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 180

ROUTE 28

Fair

Over: BOUND BROOK

1.47M E.of CR622, Middlesex, NJ

Built 1961 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 24,235

RAMPGS(CR672TO18SB

Fair

Over: RAMPG(18SBTOCR672)

2.7 MILES NORTH OF US 1, Middlesex, NJ

Built 1982 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 3,046

RT I-195 EB

Fair

Over: SHARON STATION ROAD

1.6MI EAST OF CO.RT 539, Monmouth, NJ

Built 1969 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 26,302

CR 670

Fair

Over: MILL BROOK

0.23 M SO NJ RTE 10, Morris, NJ

Built 1970 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 6,236

NJ 23

Fair

Over: I-287

AT 23 & I-287 INTERCHANGE, Morris, NJ

Built 1990 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 69,683

LANES MILL RD

Fair

Over: SAWMILL CREEK

0.9 mi E of RT 549, Ocean, NJ

Built 1975 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 6,898

US 46 RAMP D

Fair

Over: NJ 3 EASTBOUND

1.15 MI WEST OF GSP JCT, Passaic, NJ

Built 1957 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 60,136

GEORGETWN RD CR629

Fair

Over: I-295

0.5 Mi. S. of NJ 48, Salem, NJ

Built 1965 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 1,169

COMMONS WAY

Fair

Over: US 202/206

0.4 MI SOUTH OF I-287, Somerset, NJ

Built 1987 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 11,047

NJSP ACCESS ROAD

Fair

Over: RAMP I

JCT OF US 202-206 & US 22, Somerset, NJ

Built 1987 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 563

CR640 (MCMANE AVE)

Fair

Over: I-78

0.4 MI E OF I-78 EXIT 43, Union, NJ

Built 1985 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 2,670

PEQUEST ROAD

Fair

Over: FURNACE BROOK

0.8 MI NE OF NJ RT 31 JCT, Warren, NJ

Built 1994 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 796

I-80 EB

Fair

Over: County Route 519

1 Mi. East of CR 521, Warren, NJ

Built 1969 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 26,590

I-80 WB

Fair

Over: County Route 519

1 Mi. East of CR 521, Warren, NJ

Built 1968 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 26,590

PALISADES IP SB

Fair

Over: U.S. ROUTE 9 W

INTERSECTION U.S. RT 9W, Bergen, NJ

Built 1954 Load: 56.2 t ADT: 22,137

ROCK ROAD

Fair

Over: SWAN CREEK TRIB.

300SO.ROCKTOWN-LAMB RD., Hunterdon, NJ

Built 1925 Load: 56.4 t ADT: 128

PARKWAY N/S

Fair

Over: LEHIGH VALLEY MAIN LINE

6.4 MILES NORTH OF NJ 27, Union, NJ

Built 1948 Load: 56.4 t ADT: 267,368

NJ 57

Fair

Over: BR MUSCONETCONG RIVER

2.9 MI EAST OF RT 31 JCT, Warren, NJ

Built 1924 Load: 57.0 t ADT: 12,542

TNW-14 ROADWAY

Fair

Over: E-NSI SNI-E SNO-E RDWY

1.65 MI S PASSAIC RIVER, Essex, NJ

Built 1994 Load: 57.0 t ADT: 34,760

MILL ST

Fair

Over: NACOTE CREEK

0.1 MI S OF CR 575, Atlantic, NJ

Built 1983 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 430

MIDLAND AVENUE

Fair

Over: NJ 17

0.67 MI NORTH OF GSP, Bergen, NJ

Built 1959 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 23,415

NJ 17

Fair

Over: E. ALLENDALE AVE (CR 90)

6.9 MI N OF GSP EXIT 163, Bergen, NJ

Built 1969 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 104,675

RAMAPO RIVER

Fair

Over: LENAPE LANE BRIDGE

0.1 mi. east of Truman Bl, Bergen, NJ

Built 1977 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 156

MOORESTWN-RIVRTN R

Fair

Over: POMPESTON CREEK

1.18 MI S OF US130, Burlington, NJ

Built 1970 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 6,554

CUTHBERT BL-CR 623

Fair

Over: ROUTE NJ 38

0.5 MI N OF RT 70, Camden, NJ

Built 1963 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 31,862

ROUTE NJ 21

Fair

Over: CONRAIL (NEWARK BRANCH)

1.53 MI N OF 21-280 JCT, Essex, NJ

Built 1954 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 63,920

LYONS AVE (CR 602)

Fair

Over: I-78

1.5 MI E OF I78&GSP JCT, Essex, NJ

Built 1976 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 29,360

HARRISON ST

Fair

Over: I-280

0.8 MI W OF GSP JCT, Essex, NJ

Built 1966 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 15,821

CENTER SQUARE RD

Fair

Over: RT I-295

1.6 MI S OF 295-322 JCT, Gloucester, NJ

Built 1966 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 2,571

I-280

Fair

Over: CITY STREETS

.2 MI EAST OF PASSAIC RIV, Hudson, NJ

Built 1980 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 79,912

RT I-280

Fair

Over: ESSEX 5TH & RODGERS BLVD

AT I-280 EXIT-16, Hudson, NJ

Built 1980 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 80,150

NJ 440

Fair

Over: BROADWAY

1.0 ML NE OF BAYONNE BR, Hudson, NJ

Built 1988 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 33,338

RT 31

Fair

Over: MUSCONETCONG RIVER

0.75 MI SO OF CR 632, Hunterdon, NJ

Built 1931 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 23,006

I-78 WB

Fair

Over: NJ ROUTE 173

0.43 MI E OF RT 632, Hunterdon, NJ

Built 1959 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 51,321

COUNTY ROUTE 651

Fair

Over: LOCKATONG CREEK

1.08 MI S OF CR 519, Hunterdon, NJ

Built 1898 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 743

NJ 29 SB

Fair

Over: ASSUNPINK CREEK

0.6 MI NW OF 1-29 JCT, Mercer, NJ

Built 1969 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 22,041

FEDERAL CITY ROAD

Fair

Over: RT I-295

3.4 MI SOUTH OF RT US 1, Mercer, NJ

Built 1973 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 6,495

NJ ROUTE 35 SB

Fair

Over: MATAWAN CREEK

0.5 MI N OF CR 516 JCT, Monmouth, NJ

Built 1990 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 23,390

RAMP SSW

Fair

Over: NJ 18

2.9 MI SOUTH OF RT 36 INT, Monmouth, NJ

Built 1987 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 745

IMLAY-HIGHTTOWN RD

Fair

Over: I-195

3.3MI EAST OF CO.RT 539, Monmouth, NJ

Built 1969 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 1,794

BLUE MILL ROAD

Fair

Over: GREAT BROOK

1.6 MI E CR646&CR663 JCT, Morris, NJ

Built 1919 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 4,968

SHERBROOK DRIVE

Fair

Over: Tributary to WhiteMeadow

1 ML. N. OF I-80 EXIT 37, Morris, NJ

Built 1992 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 233

I-287 NB

Fair

Over: ROCKAWAY RIVER

2.82 MI NORTH OF I-80 JCT, Morris, NJ

Built 1962 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 49,799

S Main St (CR 634)

Fair

Over: Morristown Line MP 40.17

1.22 MI N of US 46, Morris, NJ

Built 1991 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 6,780

RT 527

Fair

Over: S.B. Metedeconk River

0.61 mi N of I-195, Ocean, NJ

Built 1986 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 8,480

PERSHING BLVD

Fair

Over: BARNEGAT BAY

0.06 Mi. W. of CR 629, Ocean, NJ

Built 1996 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 2,098

CR 677(CHURCH ST)

Fair

Over: MOLLY ANNS BROOK

0.12 MI N of CR 504, Passaic, NJ

Built 1930 Load: 57.2 t ADT: 10,460

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Data sourced from the FHWA National Bridge Inventory (NBI), latest released cycle. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainBridges.

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